It was impressive that he was 11/11 on his "silly learning tasks" until he made the mistake of trying to learn chess!

You wonder whether he practised against club players, That might have alerted him to a problem that if you lose a piece to a simple tactic just past the opening, your approach as to "how to play" has some flaws.

It was impressive that he was 11/11 on his "silly learning tasks" until he made the mistake of trying to learn chess!

You wonder whether he practised against club players, That might have alerted him to a problem that if you lose a piece to a simple tactic just past the opening, your approach as to "how to play" has some flaws.

The piece mentions that he played at Bryant Park:

WSJ wrote:Max played three matches that day. He lost all three.

His blog also notes that he played on chess.com - it's plausible that this could be him - with a blitz rating of 960...

No doubt most of you know that The World Chess Championship is due to take place in London 9-28 November 2018.
The live coverage will be taken up by the FIDE organisation. But it will stil be possible for TV programmes to be broadcast afterwards, perhaps in a manner somewhat similar to the way it was done in 1986.
Such programmes will be very desirable for encouraging non-currently serious players. Coverage on the internet will be good, but who would bother with that, unless already seriousy committed to the game?
But how to persuade the peoplein charge of the schedule that the viewing figures will be adequate? By writing to the appropriate bodies direcctly in your own words. I have no faith in a petition. Anybody can be persuaded to sign those.